One reason is that there are few stenographers in Kenyan courts and the judge, wearing a scarlet robe and a blond wig, had to write down all the testimony.

Judge Alnashir Visram found in favour of Nicholas Biwott, awarding Sh30 million in 'compensatory and exemplary' libel damages, the highest ever awarded in a Kenyan court.

One of the first actions of the Obama administration was to sign a memorandum of understanding with Kenya that would allow pirates captured off of Kenya's coast to be tried in Kenyan courts.

On 22 October 2004, the company was ordered by a Kenyan court to compensate three of its prior employees who were exposed to toxic emissions there with almost 5.5 million Kenyan shillings.

The Somalis were handed over to a Kenyan court to be tried for piracy.

Kenyan courts have ordered the expulsion of hundreds of illegal aliens after President Daniel arap Moi blamed them for causing unrest.

It was his belief, he said, that the Kenyan courts had ruled that the Government did not have the right to withhold a passport unless its owner is accused or suspected of a crime.

In 2005 a private firm, with police support, began bulldozing homes, an act the Kenyan high court deemed illegal, due to a law allowing people land rights after squatting there for more than 12 years.

A Newham man, Jermaine Grant, is due to appear at a Kenyan court on Thursday to answer charges of possessing explosives and preparing an attack.

Her first book, Pronouncing and Persevering, focused on men's and women's language in coastal Kenyan courts.